R.B. Richardson 134 General Account 54 m 11 Kern River Canyon 10500 ft. Lassen Co., California. Started out hike this morning at 6:45. Proceeded along the trail to the first lake above camp and then crossed the creek. (Kern River) and around the west side of the second lake and then to the east side of the largest of the lower lakes having again crossed the creek. From this point on we took a more or less direct route toward the north end of Lab S.A. reaching our destination by 1:00 PM. This entire valley containing the headwaters of the Kern River has been wiped out by the previous action of glaciers leaving us on the floor of the valley many lakes. The rock floor as well as the ridges in the valley